(v. a.P. a.) : prīvo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.privus.
* To bereave, deprive, rob, strip of any thing (class.; cf.: orbo, viduo).
* With abl.: haec meretrix meum erum ... privavit bonis, luce, honore,Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 20: donis privatus sum,id. ib. 2, 7, 56: aliquem approbatione,Cic. Ac. 2, 19, 61: praepositio in privat verbum eā vi, quam haberet, si in praepositum non fuisset,id. Top. 11, 48: aliquem somno,id. Att. 9, 10, 1: se oculis,id. Fin. 5, 29, 87: aliquem vitā,id. Phil. 9, 4, 8: aliquem communi luce,id. Quint. 23, 74: patriam aspectu suo,id. Fam. 4, 9, 3: cibo,Lucr. 1, 1038: lumine,Ov. P. 1, 1, 53: fide,Stat. Th. 2, 695.
* To free, release, deliver from any thing; with abl.: aliquem injuriā,Cic. Agr. 1, 4, 13: exsilio,id. Att. 1, 16, 9: molestiā,id. ib. 12, 26, 2: dolore,id. Fin. 1, 11, 37: dolore,Lucr. 1, 60: dominis superbis,id. 2, 1091: formidine,Hor. S. 2, 7, 77.—Hence
* With acc. (ante-class.): quod res vis hunc privari pulcras quas uti solet? Nov. ap. Non. 500, 16 (l. l. p. 224 Rib.).
* Apart from the State, peculiar to one's self, of or belonging to an individual, private (opp. publicus or communis; cf. domesticus; class.): nihil privati ac separati agri,Caes. B. G. 4, 1: utatur privatis ut suis,Cic. Off. 1, 7, 20: privatus illis census erat brevis, Commune magnum,Hor. C. 2, 15, 13: vestem mutare privato consensu, opp. publico consilio,Cic. Sest. 12, 27: de communi quicquid poterat, ad se in privatam domum sevocabat,id. Quint. 3, 13: res quae ipsius erant privatae,private property,id. ib. 4, 15: privatae feriae vocantur sacrorum propriorum, velut dies natales,Fest. p. 242 Müll.
* Prīvātus, a, um, P. a.
* In the time of the emperors, private, i. e. not imperial, not belonging to the emperor or to the imperial family: id sibi (Domitiano) maxime formidolosum, privati hominis (i. e. Agricolae) nomen supra principis attolli,Tac. Agr. 39: ut summum fastigium privati hominis impleret, cum principis noluisset,Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 2: spectacula,not given by the emperor,Suet. Ner. 21.—Adv.: prīvā-tō, at home (very rare for the class. privatim, q. v.): privato nos tenuissemus, Liv. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 1009 P.
* Of things: aedificia,isolated, apart from the villages,Caes. B. G. 1, 5: vita privata et quieta,a private life, withdrawn from State affairs,Cic. Sen. 7, 22.
* Neutr. absol. in the phrases in privato, in private, opp. in publico, in public, Liv. 39, 18: in privatum, for private use: tabernas vendidit in privatum,id. 40, 51: ex privato, from one's private property: tributum ex privato conferre,id. 30, 44.
* Subst.: prīvātus, i, m. (sc. homo), a man in private life, citizen (opp. magistratus): hic qualis imperator nunc privatus est,Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 63: an vero P. Scipio pontifex maximus Ti. Gracchum privatus interfecit; Catilinam nos consules perferemus?Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 3.—Plur., Cic. Leg. 3, 19, 43: consilium dedimus Sullae, privatus ut altum Dormiret,Juv. 1, 16.

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